(Original post by niveous)
thank you so much, according to this, I got 49 despite getting the entire of that 5 mark question wrong cause I thought it wanted me to talk about the cytoskeleton... fml... anyway, thanks!

Same, I completely went off on one and used the mammalian gaseous exchange system as an example for that 5 marker and talked about how cells are organised there...luckily looking at the rest of the paper, it was solid enough to almost discount the 5 marks.

Thought I'd done really badly in this exam but after looking at the questions again with the mark scheme, I realsied I've probably only lost about 10ish marks through my few mistakes/misinterpretaions so I'm guessing I've scored about 47/48.. maybe 45 at the lowest! So hopefully I'll still get that A I need!! Thanks for putting this up Wish all my exams had an unofficial mark scheme to look at! March seems like such a long time away to wait for results..

I read one of the posts which said that the grade boundaries for this paper would be similar to that of last years..last years paper had a lower grade boundary because it was considerably harder..the grade boundaries for an A usually sit around 47/48/49 marks out if sixty. Judging by how this paper was i think the grade boundaries are higher this time round.
I was wondering, how exactly do you know what the answers might be and do you copy the exam questions from memory? The chances are that the mark scheme maybe too broad in the range of answers that can be given, or that the mark scheme on here is too narrow.. Either way, its scary

(Original post by Fabbiha)
I read one of the posts which said that the grade boundaries for this paper would be similar to that of last years..last years paper had a lower grade boundary because it was considerably harder..the grade boundaries for an A usually sit around 47/48/49 marks out if sixty. Judging by how this paper was i think the grade boundaries are higher this time round.
I was wondering, how exactly do you know what the answers might be and do you copy the exam questions from memory? The chances are that the mark scheme maybe too broad in the range of answers that can be given, or that the mark scheme on here is too narrow.. Either way, its scary

Yes i am aware of those grade boundaries, but i was always told you should aim for getting 80% which is an A. 80% in a bio or any 60 mark ocr science exam would mean getting a minimum of 48/60 which is 80%.